Taliban official says women lose value if their faces are visible to men in public

Taliban kill mastermind of suicide bombing at Kabul airport

Afghan continues to be disfigured by natural calamities as it sits in tectonically active terrain over a vast number of fault lines

The 5.9-magnitude quake struck hardest in the rugged east, where people already lead hardscrabble lives in the grip of a humanitarian crisis

Women have also been ordered to visit parks in the capital on separate days from men

Most secondary schools for girls and all public universities were shuttered when the hardline Islamist group stormed back to power

The UNAMA Human Rights said that there is a need for investigations, transparency and accountability of such cases

No country has yet recognised the Taliban government, with Western nations watching to see how the Taliban will rule this time around